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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 49

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Relating to: prosecuting a person under the age of 18 with committing an act of prostitution.

Juvenile court Prostitution Youth

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, a person who is under the age of 18 may not be prosecuted for

committing an act of prostitution. This is a change from current law, under which a

person who is under the age of 18 may be prosecuted for committing an act of

prostitution, a Class A misdemeanor. This bill also eliminates the option under

current law in cases where a person under the age of 18 has committed an act of

prostitution for a court to enter a consent decree under the Juvenile Justice Code, or

a deferred prosecution agreement under the Juvenile Justice Code or adult criminal

statutes, if the court determines that a consent decree or deferred prosecution

agreement will serve the best interests of the person being prosecuted and will not

harm society.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Erpenbach (D) , Feyen (R) , Hansen (D) , Jacque (R) , Johnson (D) , Kooyenga (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Miller (D) , Olsen (R) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Schachtner (D) , Shilling (D) , Smith (D) , Wirch (D)

55 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Cabrera (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Dittrich (R) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Felzkowski (R) , Fields (D) , Goyke (D) , Gruszynski (D) , Gundrum (R) , Hebl (D) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kolste (D) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Kurtz (R) , Meyers (D) , Mursau (R) , Myers (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Ott (R) , Petryk (R) , Pope (D) , Pronschinske (R) , Ramthun (R) , Riemer (D) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Snyder (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Steineke (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D) , Wittke (R) , Zamarripa (D) , Zimmerman (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Sep 25, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 19, Noes 14

Passed 19–14 Nov 5, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 25, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Darling, Johnson, Schachtner, Feyen, L. Taylor, Carpenter, Bewley, Shilling, Ringhand, Wirch, Smith, Risser, Cowles, Jacque, Olsen, Hansen, Erpenbach, Larson, Miller and Kooyenga; cosponsored by Representatives Billings, Steineke, Emerson, Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Rohrkaste, Hebl, Kolste, Kulp, Goyke, Zamarripa, Vining, Shankland, Vruwink, C. Taylor, Subeck, Tittl, Neubauer, Doyle, Sargent, Mursau, Brostoff, Pope, Snyder, Spiros, Crowley, Felzkowski, Considine, Stubbs, Zimmerman, Pronschinske, Meyers, Spreitzer, Ramthun, Sinicki, James, Gundrum, Wittke, Myers, Kurtz, Ohnstad, Sortwell, Skowronski, Anderson, Krug, Murphy, Fields, Petryk, Ott, Gruszynski, Riemer, Steffen and Tusler

  2. Feb 25, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Feb 27, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Cabrera added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 5, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Bowen added as a cosponsor

  5. Apr 1, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Dittrich added as a cosponsor

  6. May 14, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Murphy withdrawn as a cosponsor

  7. Aug 14, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  8. Sep 25, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  9. Sep 25, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  10. Sep 25, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Nov 1, 2019 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Placed on the foot of the 10th order of business on the calendar of 11-5-2019

  13. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Darling

  14. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 19, Noes 14

  16. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  18. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  19. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  21. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  22. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1